Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 9, sentence 9
Then the Earl hurried alone to the cave; he did not know that the flower which Tidian wore in his hat caused the cave to remain open.
Who acts: Earl, Tidian, flower, cave · What happens: hurry, not know, wear, cause, remain · To what, where: cave, hat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Earl, Tidian, flower, cave), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 hurried | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Earl | det |
| 3 | Earl | Earl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hurried | nsubj |
| 4 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 hurried | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 cave | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cave | det |
| 8 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hurried | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 know | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 know | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 know | advmod |
| 13 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hurried | parataxis |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 caused | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 flower | det |
| 16 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 caused | nsubj |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 wore | nsubj |
| 18 | Tidian | Tidian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 wore | nsubj |
| 19 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 flower | acl:relcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 hat | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 hat | nmod:poss |
| 22 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 wore | obl |
| 23 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 know | ccomp |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 cave | det |
| 25 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 caused | obj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 remain | mark |
| 27 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 caused | xcomp |
| 28 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 remain | xcomp |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hurried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurry | past | the Earl | the cave | then | alone property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cave=Destination | ||
| 2 | not know | past · do-support | Tidian | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | wear | past | the flower | Tidian's hat | Tidian nsubj | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | cause | past | the flower | the cave | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | remain | to-infinitive | the cave not said here | open property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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